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Show SECT MIES (Written by Herbert A. 8harcer There are three desrutctve Insects that work In the tifedds of red clover clov-er to dosirojj jthe seed, or. prevent clover front, fgnnlnj'eed. They nro the clover flower mldgo Dcsyncura leBnflalcol t ho clover seed clialcld, Bruchopiiacu f'.'sohtN, and the clover seer ca'.erplllar Knur-nionla Knur-nionla jnt6srl!nctana'. ' ' Tho .clover flower midge, ot but! midge, 'd6stroys tho florets b.fore the seeds have time to prow. Tho flyilays her eggs la Urn small heads of young clove.. 'Tho tgps liatch Into tiny maggot, that suck tho aoed forming fluldc in t ho seed pods whllo the Bccd-ovnrlcs arc grcrn id tendon , The fly somewhat jresemMes a small mosquito. It Is' pale red tUh In color and including tho wings is less than ono quarter of an inch long Tho body of the fly is about threo-thlrty-scconds of an Ucb. Tho te-male te-male has an ovipositor longer than her body. The eggs are to sirAli that keen eyesight or a magnifying glass Is necessary to see them. Tho maggots are wh.'eish In col or with a. tinge of red. Thy ar bout 3-32 of an Inch long. The maggots change to tho clirjs- alls stago and soon come out as full grown flys to, lay their eggs in ihe heads of second growth clwr In July or early August. jfl It Is this second breed that lots H till damago to tho seed crop. Si.mo- H times forty eggs aro deposited in nn H clover head In midsummer , H cloveu SEED CILMAIO H Tho clover seed chalcld fly l H somewhat similar In appearance to H tho clover flower midge, but Is Hj irown or black In color and Its H eggs laying habit Is quite different. H : VTho female chalcld fly Is about one H twelfth of an Inch long. Wings al-H al-H most transparent. Legs marked H with brown or red. She has a pointed H ovipositor that she pushes through H the seed pod and dcposltes the egg H right into the plastic seed. The lit-H lit-H tie grub that hatches Is small enough H to llvo within the seed so tho germ H Is eaten and the seed goes light. H Tho flys ot tho first borod hatch H in time to lay tho main cache of B eggs early In August 'when tho seed H headB of clover nro forming and H the now seeds are soft. Summer H flys nro tho ones that reduce the H yield of clover seed. H CLOVKIl SEED OATKni'ir.LAH H Tho adult -or forerunner of the H clover seed caterpillar Is a small, H 'fancy brown moth with silvery mark-H mark-H Ugfl. H She lays her eggs at tho baso of H young clover heads that, arc Just H, forming. The eggs hatch Into cttcr-H cttcr-H pillars which feed on tho clover seed H pods. They make a dirty looking M musB that may bo easily seen by pul-FM pul-FM ling tho flowers apart. Sometimes B tho clover hends aro completely do-H do-H stroyed, often' one sldo may escape H and prodtico a few sterile florota. H Tho caterpillar when full grown la V about half an Inch long. Undor tho H Julcroscopo tho cgf- green H when fresh but soon turn to a dirty time-to Infost-tho clover-seed crop, instances nro1 on record showing that -UiV clovdiVseedJcaterpyjlar ijas at tirarsa dostroyod from 20 to 90 percent or t'h6 seed. wjw to co.vrnob cloveuaheko 'manors 'Dri'lh0 c,over 'lower midge, nnuNheTclovar ood cjialcld tyid the clover wed caterpillar a'lTwmter over ov-er In dead clover hoadj ahtilold over ov-er stallcs'ahd' tfaar In tho flcilinnd on uW-road sides thoymay,all bo dcstrpycdbyS.tllo sarat mcttiods;! Pa9trIng''suclaccsrwHh' sheep accountsforpart of tho tuh In tho oidjayB 'ithg Jtppt pjho sheep Is gWden!" " , ' s " t t .,. iSbeepo.U thp oldclo.Yerheads;-ln tft fdir'ttkdfiJy'ttinvSip- tll6' first clover heads- In theuprlng rlong with niilntfrourf yeeda? thill -"pfdfcct nd harbor predacious InsectB. In this way millions of troublesome Insects aiodestroyod beforo they havo tlmo to lay their eggs, or it tho eggs aro deposited tho sheep get them before they havo time to lay their eggs, or it tho eggs aro deposited tho shoep get them before they aro hatched. Further protection of tho clover seed crop is socurod by starting tho seed producing plants early, say about tho middle ot Juno In the lat-ltudo lat-ltudo of northern Illinois and southern south-ern Wisconsin. Farther north the fifth or tenth of Juno Is better. This plan destroys tho first or early breeds of troublesome Insects and tho clover seed rlpcn-j beforo tho lato second broods aro ready to woik i mischief. j Burning trash to (till insects often H recommended but It Is wasteful of tilth fee dand humus. |